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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Isaiah 59:20

And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to (t) them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

(t) By which he declares that the true deliverance from sin and Satan belongs to none but to the children of God, whom he justifies.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 59:20. _UNTO THEM THAT TURN FROM TRANSGRESSION IN JACOB _- "And shall turn away iniquity from Jacob"] So the _Septuagint_ and St. Paul, Romans 11:26, reading instead of לשבי _leshabey_ a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE REDEEMER SHALL COME - On the meaning of the word rendered here ‘Redeemer,’ see the notes at Isaiah 43:1. This passage is applied by the apostle Paul to the Messiah Romans 11:26; and Aben Ezra...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 59 Apostasy and Confession, Jehovah's Intervention and the Coming of the Redeemer 1. _The deplorable condition of the people (Isaiah 59:1) _ 2. _The confession (Isaiah 59:9) _ 3. Jehovah's in...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 59:15 _ b_ - ISAIAH 59:21. YAHWEH HIMSELF BECOMES THE CHAMPION OF THE Right. Yahweh is indignant that Right is absent. He sees there is none to interpose (_mg._) for her, so His own power bring...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE. REDEEMER. a Redeemer: i.e. the Messiah. Quoted in Romans 11:26; Romans 11:27, showing that the fullness of the Gentiles must be the fullness of the Gentile times. TO. for: i.e. on behalf of. See...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The consequences of Jehovah's interposition....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The consequences for Israel. _And the redeemer shall come_ Rather AND HE SHALL COME AS A REDEEMER (ch. Isaiah 41:14). _and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob_ LXX. has "and shall turn aw...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 998 THE PERPETUITY OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM Isaiah 59:20. The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. As for me, this it my covenant wit...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE REDEEMER SHALL COME TO ZION, &C.— It is remarkable, that the Hebrew word גואל _goel,_ rendered _Redeemer,_ properly signifies one who has a right to that office, on account of consanguinity. T...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. THE CURE TEXT: Isaiah 59:15-21 15 And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. 16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefor...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. AND THE REDEEMER SHALL COME TO ZION. Romans 11:26 quotes it, "out of Zion." Thus Paul, by in...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REDEEMER] i.e. Jehovah, who is so called elsewhere: cp. Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:1. This was fulfilled at Christ's first coming, when He was accepted by the faithful few in Israel. But St. Paul (Romans...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 59 WHY GOD DOES NOT ANSWER PRAYERS V1 The *Lord can still save. His pow...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THE REDEEMER SHALL COME... — The picture of the Theophany is continued — Jehovah comes as a Redeemer (Goel, as in Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:1; Job 19:25) to the true Zion, to those who have turned f...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בָ֤א לְ צִיֹּון֙ גֹּואֵ֔ל וּ לְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1 IT was inevitable, as so

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE DIVINE ARM BRINGS REDEMPTION Isaiah 59:15-21 _Israel's Savior_. The Almighty Lover of souls is described as looking round to see if help were forthcoming from any other quarter; and there being...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing, the prophet makes confession of moral failure. This he does first by declaring the reason for national suffering. It is not to be found in Jehovah's inability, nor in His unwillingness. Th...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _To Sion. Septuagint, "from Sion, and will turn away iniquity from Jacob. (21.) And this," &c. (Haydock) --- St. Paul hence proves that the Jews will at last be converted, Romans xi. 26. The return of...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These words come in most blessedly, after the former, to show the consequence of Christ's interposition, and the effects of his offices and labour: we have a similar prophesy by Malachi that such shou...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    20._And a Redeemer shall come to Zion. _He again confirms what he formerly said, that the people shall be delivered, and that God will be the author of this blessing. He bids the people, therefore, be...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 58 AND 59. But these moral considerations rouse the indignation of the Spirit at the condition of Israel in the days of the prophecy-their sin and their hypoc...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE REDEEMER SHALL COME TO ZION,.... Not Cyrus, as some; but the Messiah, as it is applied in the Talmud m and in other Jewish writers n, and as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it; and so Kimchi, who...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. Ver. 20. _And the Redeemer._] Shall come to the Israel of God. _ That turn from transgressio...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And_, or, _moreover, the Redeemer shall come to Zion_ To Jerusalem, or to his church, often signified by Zion, namely, Christ shall come, of whom the apostle expounds it, Romans 11:26; the prophets u...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LORD MAKING READY FOR JUDGMENT AND REDEMPTION...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, the promised Messiah making His appearance in the fullness of time, AND UNTO THEM THAT TURN FROM TRANSGRESSION IN JACOB, such as had left the covenant faithfulness...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    16-21 This passage is connected with the following chapters. It is generally thought to describe the coming of the Messiah, as the Avenger and Deliverer of his church. There was none to intercede wit...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    _ And, moreover, or to wit_; and being here not so much copulative as expositive. THE REDEEMER: the word notes a redemption with power, viz. 1. Cyrus, the instrument for the efficient, viz. God the R...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 59:20 Redeemer H1350 (H8802) come H935 (H8804) Zion H6726 turn H7725 (H8802) transgression H6588 Jacob...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD WILL ACT TO DELIVER ZION (ISAIAH 59:15). When God looked down He saw that there was no one who could deliver, none who was fitted to be the Servant. And (speaking from a human point of view) He co...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    REDEEMER Redemption: Kinsman type, summary. The goel, or Kinsman-Redeemer, is a beautiful type of Christ. (1) The kinsman redemption was of persons, and an inheritance (Leviticus 25:48); (Leviticus...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    59:16. _And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him._ Man's extremity was Chris...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sins which prevented the bestowal of God's blessing and caused chastisements to fall upon Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit CONCLUSION: If prayers are not answered and the salva...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 59:1. _Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save._ The failure of your fast is not with the Lord; he sees, and he can hear. Neither is the fault in the promises announced by...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the Redeemer shall come to Zion_ THE REDEEMER COMING TO HIS CHURCH I. THE PERSON OF WHOM THE FATHER SPEAKS, AND HIS COMING. 1. “The Redeemer,” the kinsman, who, by assuming our nature, is nearl...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:14 For his own glory, the Lord will make his people the predominant culture of a glorious new world. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:20 The REDEEMER is the only alternative to God’s wrath (see Isaiah 59:18; and note on 41:14)....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 59:1 A GENERAL REBUKE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS MANIFOLD SINS, The command given to the prophet in Isaiah 58:1 to "show God's people the

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in fifty-nine: Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear (Isaiah 59:1): "Lord, why aren't You hearing us when we fast? Why aren'...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 2:36; Acts 26:20; Acts 3:19; Acts 3:26; Daniel 9:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The Redeemer — Christ, of whom the apostle expounds it, Romans 11:26, the prophets usually concluding their promises of temporal deliverances with the promises of spiritual, especially such, of which...

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